Dishwasher



Patented Sept. l2, 1922.

Unirse Stmas PATENT ortica,

FLonENcnn. Dunn, or

KANSAS C ITY, MISSOURI.

nIsHwAsnEn.

Appueatioa md August 1o, 1921. serial No. 491,274.

T all whoma't maig/ concer/rb.' i

lic it known that FLoRnNonH. DUNN, a citizen ofthe United States of America, re-

siding at Kansas City, in the county of' Jackson and State of Missouri, has invented new and useful Improvements in Dishwashers, of which the following is a speclfication.

'lhe object of the 'invention is to provide sequent drying; and with these objects in view the. invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a pre` l'erred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side View partl 'in section of a dish washing apparatus em odying the invention.

Figure 2 is an inverted View of the lid or COVeI'. The device consists of a receptacle 10 which is preferably of cylindrical form as being hetter'adapted for the accommodation of dishes arranged.. in an upright or edgewise position and provided with van outlet 11 fitted with a stopper or plug 12 which may. be removed to permit of the drainage'of the 40 liquid contents, together with a removable top or cover 13 flan per edge of the wa l of vthe receptacle and carrying an annular waterf distributing or spray nozzle 15 which may be arranged in communication by means of a feed tube 16 such as a hose or the equivalent thereof with a water supply faucet 17. The spray vnozzle 15, it will be observed, is-formed asa part of the cover and of annular Shape' being of a diameter nearly equal to the 4dlameter ofthe d as at 14 to t the up- 4 cover, so that the spray will be projci-.led rather from the vicinity'of the walls ol the receptacle than from the center.

After stacking the dishes in an upright or edge-wise position as indicatedl in the drawing in the receptacle the cover may be fitted in place and water from a suitable source such as a, hot water spigot or faucet may be supplied to the Vdistributing` nozzle.

of which the perforations are sufiiciently small to cause the water to strike the dishes from various angles and under a pressure suiiicie-nt to remove accumulations of foreign matter thereon. Ifnecessary the outlet flom the receptacle may be kept closed for a time in order topermlt of the soaking of the dishes, any suitable cleansing` .or detergent subst-ance such as soap being employed if necessary, and when the accumulations on the dishes have become loosened the stopper maybe removed to permit of the outflow of the water which has been used in thel soaking operation while the -supply of l lwaterniay be resumed to rinse the dishes and if hot watenis employed in the-rlnsmg operation 'it isobvi'ous that when the flow.

has been discontinued, whether the lid 'or i cover is left in place or not, the dishes will drain and due tothe heat thereof will dry before removal from the receptacle.

Having described the invention, what 1s claimed asnew and useful 1s A dish washing apparatus consisting of a l receptacle provided near itsbottom wlth an outlet, a lid removably fitted upon the receptacle and formed on its underfacefwith an annular distributingnozzle of a diameter slightly less than the diameter of the cover, the said nozzle being'formed with perfora- `tions on its under face-for' the discharge of a cleansing agent in the direction of. thebotf tom of the receptacle and from the vicinity of the walls thereof, and a flexible tubular .member connected with said nozzle and adapted for connection with a spi ot 1n the manner and for the purpose speci ed'.

In testimony whereof she affixes her signature.

.FLORENCE H. DUNN. 

